Dinner is Poured!

The Six Nations Rugby started back this weekend and Scotland's game was against Italy. There was a lot of shouting at the TV but I am pleased to say that, at last, Scotland managed a win and hopefully this means they won't end up with the "Wooden Spoon" this year! There was even more shouting at the telly later with the England v Ireland game but unfortunately my encouragement of the Irish team was to no avail!

This week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge gave me a few ideas and I ended up making three cards before deciding which one to go with.

Ok I admit it, I'm still playing with my Crazy Cats - well the matching Framelits arrived so a girl has just got to try them out. I did do one that's not cat related but it will be this Crazy Cat which will be this week's entry:

Dinner is Poured

This naughty cat has been trying to get the cream and has knocked over a bottle of milk to get some.

I used:

Cardstock

Ivory Linen Effect - PayPer Box

DS Striped - Trimcraft Paper Pad

Stamps & Dies

Tim Holtz Crazy Cats - Stampers Anon

Tim Holtz Crazy Cats - Sizzix Framelits

Tim Holtz Splat - Sizzix Framelits

Dyan Reavely Laugh Til You Leak - Stampers Anon

Inks

Memento - Tuxedo Black

Versafine - Onyx Black & Majestic Blue

Promarkers - Windsor & Newton

Another version I made using a Crazy Cat I felt sort of but not quite hit the brief for the Challenge but I liked it any way!

Got Catnip?

I used

CardStock

Linen Effect - PayPer Box

White 300gsm - Image Supersmooth

Stamps, Dies, Embossing Folders

Tim Holtz Crazy Cats - Stampers Anon

Tim Holtz Crazy Cats - Sizzix Framelits

Cat Sayings - Stampendous
Lillies - Darice

Inks

Memento - Tuxedo Black

Versafine - Onyx Black

Promarkers - Windsor & Newton

This last one has no cats used in it's production. Instead it's a little fishy, or rather it's a little  mermaid . . .

I used
Cardstock

Linen Effect - PayPer Box

White 300gsm - Image Supersmooth

Stamps & Embossing Folder

Little Mermaid - Woodware
Bubbles - Darice

Inks

Memento - Tuxedo Black

Versafine - Onyx Black
Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Promarkers - Letraset/Windsor & Newton

After applying the Distress Inks I splashed a little bleach on to the card to give an air bubble effect.

The Birds - Part 4

While waiting for the Crazy Cats stamps to arrive I had a play with some Bird Crazy Stamps & matching Framelits, some embossing folders and Lindsay Mason Stamps.

Rules

I Used

Cardstock
Kraft - PayPer Box
Blue - Crelando
White - Image Supersmooth

Stamps, Dies & Embossing Folders
Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy
Lindsay Mason - I've Had Enough
Craft Concepts - Hand Script

Inks
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Memento Tuxedo Black

Sitting Around

I Used
Cardstock
Kraft - PayPer Box
Blue - Crelando
White - Image Supersmooth

Stamps, Dies & Embossing Folders
Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy
Lindsay Mason - I've Had Enough
Couture Creations - Pure Pleasure

Inks
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Memento Tuxedo Black

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A Belated Happy New Year

Ok, I know, it's February but I have been bereft of a laptop of late & Smart Phones aren't really designed for people with arthritic fingers to type blogs. My laptop problem is now sorted and I'm now able to get on with things again.

The weather here today is wild -  the wind is Blawin' a hooley while the rain is fair stoatin aff the grun!* Our wee Jack Russell is not happy with wet weather and it's as soon as he's out the door he's straight back in again - he's no daft!

The weather's been pretty wet and windy all year so far I just hope this is not a portent of the year to come!

*Translation: It's rather windy & it's raining so hard that it's bouncing off the ground.

This week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge is a fairly simple one which just

seemed to be ideal for one of my latest acquisitions - the All Occasions "That

Folder" embossing folder.

It originally a papercraft magazine freebie that I intended to get but by the time I went for a copy the magazine had sold out. A couple of weeks or so ago I was on the Craft Stash website (a company which supplies some of the freebie items to papercraft magazines) and they had released it on a special limited run and there was only 1 left . . .  hooray!

The folder is actually 6"x6" but for this card I trimmed it to fit an A6 (A2) blank.

  

The flower comes from a Craft Creations Creative Die "Floral" which was another magazine freebie, I hadn't used it before so thought would give it a try with this. It's a three die set and the largest of the flowers is a 3D die. I layered the components together and cut an extra leaf to create the embellishment. The sentiment comes from a Sizzix Thinlit stamp and die set and it was finished off with some fine glitter dotted across the central band of the embossed design. The glitter is another one of my bargain finds, it comes from a set consisting of NPW fine tip glue pen and five pots of glitter. I bought the set for the princely sum of 59p from Home Bargains, the identical set from Selfridges online costs £5.95!

CardStock

All Cardstock from Paper Mill

Embossing Folders Dies and Stamps

All Occasions "That Folder"

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Floral

Sizzix Thinlits with Stamps - Fancy Labels #2

Inks

Versafine - Majestic Blue

Promarker - Indigo Blue

Etc

NPW Glue & Glitter Set

Bling from own stash 

Hugs & Kisses - FMS 187

Last weekend I had been looking for a new corner rounder punch as mine had decided it didn't want to play any more. I found an X-Cut one online which did both converse and inverse versions so I decided to order it.  The new punch arrived the same day as the new Freshly Made Sketches Challenge was published so imagine my surprise to see that it featured inverse corners!

 

Instead of using the inverse corners on the embellishment I made them a feature on the base of the card design and some Spellbinders Labels 4 for the "Hugs and Kisses" topper.

 

After the problems I had earlier with the new Spellbinders Sapphire butterfly die I wasn't really in the mood to put a butterfly on my card! Instead I decided use the Crafter's Companion "Moonbeam Meadow" stamp of two cute wee mice kissing - aw!

I had some of the nice PayPer Box turquoise cardstock left so used that as a starting point for my colour scheme and used my trusty Promarkers to co-ordinate.

 

 

 

 

Cardstock

Image Supersmooth - White

PayPer Box - Turquoise
Card Candy - White (coloured with Cool Aqua Promarker)

Embossing Folder:
Darice Dots

 

Dies/Stamps

Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow
Sizzix - Small Hearts

Ink:
Memento Brilliance Trio "Tiramisu" - Black
Letraset Promarkers - Various

Ribbon:
Club Green - White with Silver

 

You're Special - FMS Challenge 184

It's been quite grey here over the last few days but in between the rain, and occasional sleet, the sun has been shining so I thought I would go for some nice sunshine-y colours.

As soon as I saw this Freshly Made Sketches Challenge I knew what I would like to do. Originally it was to be a large tag with three largish flowers but once I got into playing around with that idea the more it morphed into this finished card.

I used the Couture Creations Exotic folder and teamed it up with a Sizzix foliage stamp & die as I thought they had a similar look about them.  The blooms are also from a Sizzix Framelits die and stamp set. As with FMS 183 I've used a Promarker to colour and to co-ordinate the cardstock and ribbons.

My son has decided that it's just right for his Aunty Anne's Birthday this weekend! 

 

Cardstock:

Image Supersmooth 300gsm

Dies:Tags from Sizzix Framelits Gift Card Holder

Foliage from  Sizzix Framelits "For The Record"

Flowers  from  Sizzix Framelits "Dragonflies"
Embossing Folder:

Couture Creations Exotic

 

 Stamps:

Foliage from  Sizzix Framelits "For The Record"

Flowers  from  Sizzix Framelits "Dragonflies"

You're Special from Sizzix Framelits Labels Fancy#2 

Inks:

Tim Holtz Distress Mini Pads

Promarkers